-IMPORTANT I will no longer compiling seamonkey and firefox packages. Slackware itself does a fine job of this and keeps them updated. I have enabled a new repo called "patches" which contains all the latest Slackware security updates and all are compatible with any slacko from 530 to 533. SEE ATTACHMENT.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Open Puppy Package Manager (aka PPM, petget)
2. Open the configuration window (spanner, wrench, screwdriver icon, top left, you will see the tooltip if you hover the cursor)
3. from the left side select "Update Now" button to update the PPM databases. You can update all if you like but the important one is "patches" from Slackware, you only NEED that one.
4. Once this is done close PPM
5. Open PPM again and choose to configure again
6. Now, from the right pane make sure the "slackware-13.37-patches" repo checkbox is set.
7. close and restart PPM to refresh
8. select patches radio button and search for seamonkey, firefox, whatever you can find that you want to update, there is not a lot, mainly critical stuff only.

It is a known issue that things such as seamonkey and firefox will turn up in the network menu instead of internet with slackware packages. Fix pending.

NOTE: the attached package is NOT fully compatible with FATSlacko, however it won't do any harm, just likey list depends that you already have.

To complement the "patches" repo I have developed an "updates manager" that handles the updates specifically. It includes Seamonkey and Firefox updates to the latest versions which will be updated for another year or so (circa Oct 2013) upstream. This will be included in future versions.

I don't know about other total noobs but this Nooby noob
he failed to get which of the versions he was supposed to dl.

slacko-5.3.3-4g-SCSI.iso
or
slacko-5.3.3-highmem-PAE-SCSI.iso

I only have 1GB so that is not high mem.
So I took the first one. Still only 38% downloaded.
So really popular the server seems overloaded _________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

I did a frugal install of Slacko 5.3.3 on my AMD Athlon 2400 with nVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card.

I did a fresh installation with mixed results. Sound and internet connection just fine, But, no menus, neither with the tray-bar icon or right click on the desktop. Also problems with icons: Setup and Slickpet were cut off at the bottom. The bottom half appeared when the icon was dragged to a new position on the desktop, but the change was not permanent. In addition, the drive icons disappeared (as I discovered) behind the tray bar.

These problems were not present in Slacko 5.3.2.7, but they were evident in Slacko 5.3.2.9. I was about to send in a bug report . . . . Sorry, I should have reacted sooner .

I ported my 5.3.2.7 save file to 5.3.2.9 - which solved the problem there. Porting the save file from 5.3.2.9 to 5.3.3 once again does the trick. Everything works fine.

Interestingly, glxgears reports ca. 2050 fps as compared to 3040 fps with 5.3.2.9. (using the proprietary driver). Not a problem. Slacko is super.

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